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as the violence continues to wage and syria, the warning comes that the death toll could be above 6000. just days after u.s. forces leave, iraq faces political crisis as the prime minister calls for the vice president to be handed over for trial. the american city on the brink of bankruptcy and the residents who refuse to give vent to an economy and in crisis. -- give in to an economy in crisis. ♪ a blast from the past, they thought it was lost for nearly 40 years but a rare recording of 8th bowie classic is rediscovered. -- a bowie classic is rediscovered. welcome to our viewers on tbs in america and around the globe. the white house says they are as deeply disturbed by reports that as many as 250 people have been killed since the start of this week. their most recent condemnation comes as human rights campaigners say that more than 6000 civilians have died since the uprising began in march. that is much higher than the u.n. estimate. this report contains some graphic images. >> the violence is obviously getting worse as these pictures being sent in by ordinary people from across sy
as the violence continues to wage and syria, the warning comes that the death toll could be above 6000. just days after u.s. forces leave, iraq faces political crisis as the prime minister calls for the vice president to be handed over for trial. the american city on the brink of bankruptcy and the residents who refuse to give vent to an economy and in crisis. -- give in to an economy in crisis. ♪ a blast from the past, they thought it was lost for nearly 40 years but a rare recording of 8th...
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arab league observers arrive in syria as the conflict there reaches all bloody picquet international sanctions cause living conditions to deteriorate. and tightening the noose around america's controversial death penalty the plugs the flow of drugs used to kill u.s. death row inmates. it's ten pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story it's time for a change in russia this from president dmitry medvedev outlining a plan for widespread democratic reforms with the country's political system first up or he's a carrier of trouble was listening to the annual state of the union address she has this report. first and foremost made from a better promise that people's voices will become louder thanks to sweeping reforms of the country's political system or political stablish meant was listening carefully to his address to the parliament as he sketched out the first steps which need to be taken he plans to bring those initiatives to the newly elected duma in the very near future in the last months of his presidency should the president of the sure my proposals are to intr
arab league observers arrive in syria as the conflict there reaches all bloody picquet international sanctions cause living conditions to deteriorate. and tightening the noose around america's controversial death penalty the plugs the flow of drugs used to kill u.s. death row inmates. it's ten pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story it's time for a change in russia this from president dmitry medvedev outlining a plan for widespread democratic reforms with the country's...
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we turned down to the escalating crisis in syria syria's opposition is the bided over whether they need military help from outside to fight against their government this after the country saw some of the fiercest battles in the ninth nine month old crisis a reported one hundred sixty soldiers civilians and anti-government activists have been killed in the last three days making this one of the most deadly weeks since the protests began now this comes just one day before monitors from the arab league are due to arrive in the country to observe the events opposition leaders are hoping the arrival of the monitors will bring a resolution to the conflict before it turns into an all out war and the twenty two member arab league condemned the syrian regime a few weeks ago for the harsh crackdown of the political opposition movement there the league is now threatening harsh economic sanctions meanwhile the u.n. security council voted unanimously today to extend the un peacekeeping force along with the israelis syrian border there fears arose that chaos in the region could impact its operations
we turned down to the escalating crisis in syria syria's opposition is the bided over whether they need military help from outside to fight against their government this after the country saw some of the fiercest battles in the ninth nine month old crisis a reported one hundred sixty soldiers civilians and anti-government activists have been killed in the last three days making this one of the most deadly weeks since the protests began now this comes just one day before monitors from the arab...
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iranian ally syria says more than 2,000 of the security forces have died in the past nine months. syria blames political turmoil on a foreign conspiracy aimed at toppaling the regime with president bashar assad. this is amateur video that shows the city of homs after government shelling in that area. arab league observers arrive in damascus, the question of what iran is doing to aid syria has become a pressing one. correspondent leland vittert has details. >> syria's powerful air force and army are among the most well-equipped in the middle east. with the russian fighter jet, attack helicopters and tanks, president bashar assad has threatened to use them all against his own people to stay in power. fox news learned that iran and the revolutionary guard are going to great lengths to help assad. that doesn't surprise the israeli minister for strategic affairs. >> syria is part of what is called axis of evil. >> as they reference the ammunition supplies in the eight-month massacre of the pro-democracy demonstrators, western intelligence says he is running out of the critical items an
iranian ally syria says more than 2,000 of the security forces have died in the past nine months. syria blames political turmoil on a foreign conspiracy aimed at toppaling the regime with president bashar assad. this is amateur video that shows the city of homs after government shelling in that area. arab league observers arrive in damascus, the question of what iran is doing to aid syria has become a pressing one. correspondent leland vittert has details. >> syria's powerful air force...
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and speaking of crackdowns more bloodshed on the streets of syria as thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police all of this is unfolding as arab league observers prepare to arrive in the war torn country. during. war. and three gazan ots aboard the russian side hughes are headed to the international space station coming up we'll tell you the unique experiment they'll be conducting and why it's so important to mankind. it's wednesday december twenty first eight pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r.t. . well from assassinated scientists have down drones to mysterious explosions some argue that the u.s. and israel are already and a covert war with iran and from the rhetoric we are hearing from republican presidential candidates and government leaders it seems there is a push for an all out war with the country take a look. i think our goal should be replacement of uranium dictatorship that madman to keep iran from having a nuclear weapon the right response to that would have been to go immediately after you've gone down and destroy it if we have an avowed ma
and speaking of crackdowns more bloodshed on the streets of syria as thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police all of this is unfolding as arab league observers prepare to arrive in the war torn country. during. war. and three gazan ots aboard the russian side hughes are headed to the international space station coming up we'll tell you the unique experiment they'll be conducting and why it's so important to mankind. it's wednesday december twenty first eight pm in washington...
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obviously in syria. but what is your take on what has happened in iraq over the past 48 hours since u.s. troops moved out? >> we are beginning to face the reality of what we have accomplished. namely we have destabilized iraq. we have destroyed it as a state. we have reignited sectarian conflicts, we have contributed to ethnic distinctions between the kurds and the iraqis. we have a problem on our hands, which we didn't solve by war. and which we cannot resolve anymore because we can't continue the war indefinitely. it's a contribution to greater middle eastern instability. >> you have long chided those who were arrogant enough to believe that every country across the globe wants to remake themselves in america's image. and i remember pulitzer prize winner a few years back making the suggestion to you and you laughing him off the set. is this not yet another example after eight years, after 4,000 plus deaths, after $1 trillion invested in iraq, we leave and within 24 hours they revert to form? >> well, t
obviously in syria. but what is your take on what has happened in iraq over the past 48 hours since u.s. troops moved out? >> we are beginning to face the reality of what we have accomplished. namely we have destabilized iraq. we have destroyed it as a state. we have reignited sectarian conflicts, we have contributed to ethnic distinctions between the kurds and the iraqis. we have a problem on our hands, which we didn't solve by war. and which we cannot resolve anymore because we can't...
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jon: there's new information now on the link between iran and syria. fox news jerusalem learning exclusively what tehran is doing now to help syria's leader assad embattled regime. all of this comes as the arab league arrives in damascus to prepare for monitoring the mission there. leland vittert with all the late-breaking details live from our jerusalem bureau. >> reporter: hi, jon. this may be a case of syrian government trying to kill as many people as they can before the arab league actually as observers there on the ground. latest numbers say 200 dead just this week. and the syrians are getting a lot of help from the iranians. that in of itself is not all that surprising but we've learned from western intelligence source that is the iranians are sending weapons, ammunition and also men on commercial airliners with passengers on board and they're doing that to try to get around some international sanctions to keeped assad in power. sear syria's powerful air force and army are among the most well-equipped in the middle east with russian fighter jets
jon: there's new information now on the link between iran and syria. fox news jerusalem learning exclusively what tehran is doing now to help syria's leader assad embattled regime. all of this comes as the arab league arrives in damascus to prepare for monitoring the mission there. leland vittert with all the late-breaking details live from our jerusalem bureau. >> reporter: hi, jon. this may be a case of syrian government trying to kill as many people as they can before the arab league...
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syria, next. hezbollah and lebanon, next. they have an alliance with venezuela. we're not realizing that the alliance will only display that weapon when they can, basically, deliver it, and that would be a much bigger threat for us at that time. heather: and very quickly as we wrap up here, two questions remain. back in 2009 u.s. dealings with tehran peaked. did we miss an opportunity? can sanctions work alone, and what does it mean to you when you hear, um, defense secretary leon panetta say all options on the table? >> well, all options on the table if we can use those options. well, there are some options that we had not just on the table, in the battlefields, and we wasted the opportunity. you just mentioned it. june of 2009, 1.5 million iranians -- these are not american or europeans or arabs, these are iranians -- were marching in downtown tehran about to shake off the foundation of that regime, and we didn't support them. it's going to be much more difficult in the future to bring down that system. heather: all right, washington leader if race, thank you f
syria, next. hezbollah and lebanon, next. they have an alliance with venezuela. we're not realizing that the alliance will only display that weapon when they can, basically, deliver it, and that would be a much bigger threat for us at that time. heather: and very quickly as we wrap up here, two questions remain. back in 2009 u.s. dealings with tehran peaked. did we miss an opportunity? can sanctions work alone, and what does it mean to you when you hear, um, defense secretary leon panetta say...
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putin and others, because israel had serious disagreements with russia over russian relative support of syria, iran, hamas. came to moscow to try to persuade russia. so he made a compilation that as he was negotiating with russia about matters of great importance to israel, that would be not the best time for him to criticize russian government. during last 20 years, we came to a very different conclusion. we came to conclusions at the end of the cold war, we can tell about everybody, how they could talk about affairs and we can do it without limited impact on u.s. interests and on u.s. ability to do things which are very important to us, like russia's support of iran. like continuing supplies across russia to afghanistan. affects american security and american lives. where we should be able to have our cake and eat it too, it's difficult to make a prediction but they do believe the instances when american interests and american values and some conflict. and i also believe that doing what is in the u.s. nato interest, that saves american lives and protects american security, but it also refle
putin and others, because israel had serious disagreements with russia over russian relative support of syria, iran, hamas. came to moscow to try to persuade russia. so he made a compilation that as he was negotiating with russia about matters of great importance to israel, that would be not the best time for him to criticize russian government. during last 20 years, we came to a very different conclusion. we came to conclusions at the end of the cold war, we can tell about everybody, how they...
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the white house says that it is deeply disturbed by the latest reports of violence in syria. human rights groups say president bashar assad's troops surrounded and killed more than is00 protesters literally mowing them down. the witnesses describe this as organized massacre that went on for hours. leland vitter joins us live from jerusalem with more. >> reporter: martha, this may be a case of syrian government trying to kill as many people as they can before the arab league monitors arrive in the next few days. as of late they have killed at least 200 people and are getting a lot of help doing it. we have learned from western intelligence sources that iran is sending weapons, men and ammunition into syria. that in and of itself isn't that surprising but we can now confirm they are using international airlines, meaning commercial airlines, in order to be able to bypass sanctions that they send these weapons in to keep president assad in power. syria's powerful air force and army are among the most well-equipped in middle east with russian fighter jets, attack helicopters and t
the white house says that it is deeply disturbed by the latest reports of violence in syria. human rights groups say president bashar assad's troops surrounded and killed more than is00 protesters literally mowing them down. the witnesses describe this as organized massacre that went on for hours. leland vitter joins us live from jerusalem with more. >> reporter: martha, this may be a case of syrian government trying to kill as many people as they can before the arab league monitors...
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i was going to escape further about reflection on your description of the relative support for syria and iran, but you gave that much of unanswered explaining that it could go much farther than what it is today. i think we are having the discussion on two planes. when it is the domestic scene in the aftermath of the elections, and the behavior and the emergence of an opposition group, and the other plane is politics, and what are the implications for the effected? i would really appreciate it comment from you of how you would describe what can be an rational argument in favor of more engagement with the west, whenever it might be, and more specifically with the united states of america, and a gut feeling, which i think is slightly different, that has been there for generations on end, i think, correct me if i'm wrong, but ever since the time of peter the great -- a defensive attitude against the west. how would you compare the policy of appeasement with some european countries with pressure, and the reset of the administration. would there be some likely comes, and what up -- likelih
i was going to escape further about reflection on your description of the relative support for syria and iran, but you gave that much of unanswered explaining that it could go much farther than what it is today. i think we are having the discussion on two planes. when it is the domestic scene in the aftermath of the elections, and the behavior and the emergence of an opposition group, and the other plane is politics, and what are the implications for the effected? i would really appreciate it...